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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

I play, you play, we all play with dough!

The kids and I had fun making red hot cinnamon playdough on Saturday thanks to Kathi of A Heart Like Water giving me the idea and recipe. Twinkle Toes decided afterwards that she'd try her hand at making playdough and made some purple all by herself. Now I can honestly say it's so easy my 9 yr old can make it!

The girls and I have talked and talked about making bagels, but I've been afraid that it sounded too complicated for me. Today we took the plunge, with the help of my bread machine, and it was almost as easy as making playdough. I'm going to make a second batch tonight. Yes, the first batch is pretty much gone.
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Twinkle Toes, the chef.

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The chef with her sous-chef. By the way, check out the adorable aprons my grandmother made for the girls.

She also made matching aprons for their American Girl dolls.

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What's left of our bagels after Monk, Twinkle Toes, and Measle headed out the door with hands and mouths full of bagel. Twinkle Toes insisted on adding cinnamon sugar topping to half of them.

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She likes.

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Prince and Queen were inspired by my bagel making to roll out some of their own using their red hot cinnamon playdough.

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Calvin didn't eat a bagel, but he has been enjoying Daddy's homegrown butternut squash, and Mommy's homemade applesauce. He's almost 4 months old and weighs 18 lbs and is 18.25 in long! I bet he'll be eating bagels before long!

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Here's the bagel recipe I used from The Bread Machine Cookbook by Donna Rathmell German.

Let the bread machine knead the dough on the dough cycle, but only let rise 20 min in the machine. Divide dough into 12 pieces and roll each into a rope, pressing ends together to make a circle. Let rise on greased cookie sheet 15-20 min only. Boil in 2 in of water in a non-aluminum pan 30 sec on each side then place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 550 for 8 min. (My oven only goes to 500 and they were plenty cooked.)

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I'm an on-the-run mom to 6 kids who studied and taught exercise science in a previous life. I love all things running, nutrition, and health-related. I usually run at zero dark thirty in the morning and am often quite hungry before, during, and after my run, but I live a rich, full, blessed life with my children, family, and friends. My faith in God is my anchor, and looking to Him and His promises allows me to live fully even when life circumstances are difficult. While running gives me an appetite, my desire is to hunger and thirst for righteousness more than for physical food.

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I'm a mom to six brilliant, adorable, and hilarious kids. Their dad and I are recently divorced and I have entered a new era of single parenthood. I'm still the same person, with many of the same interests, though I'm no longer homeschooling my kids. I've been doing a lot of running over the last year, culminating in two recent ultra-marathon trail runs, and have registered for my first Ironman triathlon which will be in Boulder, CO August 3, 2014. I still love to read and can be found experimenting in my kitchen on most days. My kids keep me humble and they keep me laughing! I am blessed.